Therapeutic Area Head Neuroscience

Janssen Inc. is recruiting for a Therapeutic Area (TA) Head Neuroscience, located in Toronto, Canada.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop and deploy the medical strategy for the Neuroscience TA in alignment with internal Janssen stakeholders and incorporating input from the external landscape.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders as co-lead of the cross-functional TA business team to align on portfolio strategy
- Secure required resources to execute the Medical Affairs Plan and manage the resources appropriately
- Lead and partner in interactions with key individual stakeholders to provide input and decision-making into short, medium, and long-range solutions to ensure appropriate data generation and data communication strategies
- Develop and maintain relationships with external investigators, opinion leaders and relevant health care professionals involved in the delivery of TA care or engaged in TA studies
- Identify the opportunity to gather relevant information via Scientific Advisory Boards, including strategic development and tactical execution of these activities.
- Maintain up-to-date scientific expertise with regular attendance at key scientific/clinical/economic conferences, training sessions and preceptorships.
- Actively represent Canada on the global Med Affairs Team (GMAT) and liaise with multiple global partners to provide expertise and to ensure Canadian needs are met
- Participates and represents Medical Affairs on internal Leadership Teams (segmented by Therapeutic area)
- Identifies data gaps for each product within the respective disorders areas and develops a Data Generation Plan Presents data gaps to Global team and actively participates in the research approval process, ReCAP
- Develop, conduct and manage clinical protocols of high scientific standard in support of local initiatives
- Champion Investigator Initiated Studies to meet Canadian needs & oversight of final deliverables
- Accountable to own publication strategy, planning and execution
- Lead, manage and coach a team that may include Medical Directors, Scientific Advisors and a Senior MSL Manager (who then leads a team of multiple therapeutic area MSLs)

**Qualifications**

**Education**:

- A minimum of a PhD or MD degree (or equivalent) is required with specialty training and certification in the therapeutic area preferred.
- Other advanced scientific degree may be given consideration.

**Experience and Skills**:
Required:

- A minimum of 8 years of combined relevant experience in a medical/clinical environment and/or scientific function in the pharmaceutical industry is required with at least 3 years in the Medical Affairs environment is highly desirable.
- 5+ years’ experience in clinical medicine in an area relevant to the TA is required.

Preferred:

- A minimum of 2 years of supervisory or People management experience is preferred.
- Strong background in clinical research with complementary experience in sales/marketing and international exposure being preferred.

Other:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with both scientific and lay audiences, are required.
- Proven track record developing, presenting and publishing clinical studies is required.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work with and motivate teams.
- Bilingualism in English and French is preferred.
- Up to 25 - 30% travel may be required.

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**Primary Location**
Canada-Ontario-Toronto-19 Green Belt Drive

**Organization**
Janssen Inc. (7710)

**Job Function**
R&D

**Requisition ID**
2206041634W